Hi all. Excuse me, but I thought the idea was to comment on Dans playing of this Etude. Frankly who cares if anyone likes one artists interpretation over another. Both Yundi LI and Valentina Lisitsa's are wonderful the way they play this etude. Though I will amend my statement and say that Dan is entitled to an opinion on this since he is the performer and it is his performance we are supposed to be critiquing.
Speaking of which , please please please , if you can , get your Piano tuned . You are far to good a pianist to be playing on a piano in this condition. I appreciated the way you did not rush this etude and let instead the music come to you. Only toward the end where you do your Yundi Li thing and start to push things I take exception with. Do that once you have more control under your fingers.
I enjoyed you playing this Dan far more than your Chopin etude op 10 #12. Give it time and this will grow.
Thanks so much for posting this and know that you are a valuable resource for the audition board. One last thing, not that I care, but what is with the huge body motions at times. Just curious.
Keep up the good work
Kelly